The Scotsman
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Theresa May vowed to expel 23 Russian spies today as she laid out Britain's retaliation over the Salisbury nerve gas outrage. In the biggest diplomatic swipe for decades, the Prime Minister gave the 'undeclared intelligence agents' a week to leave the country and suspended 'all high level contact' with the country. Mrs May also paved the way for a crackdown on Russian oligarch money in London and urged the international community to join sanctions.
Britain has made a formal protest at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, slamming Vladimir Putin's regime as 'reckless'.
The government has also called for an urgent meeting of the UN security council.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...es-lay-response-Russia-Salisbury-outrage.htmlWhitehall sources said they were accelerating their offensive cyber programme and could hit select targets for a specific effect.
It is understood this could see a specialist cyber unit deployed in the UK to attack Kremlin computer networks spewing Russian propaganda and trolling factories spreading fake news.
General Sir Chris Deverell, commander of Joint Forces Command, has revealed how the UK has a specialist unit which is dedicated to 'offensive cyber' run jointly by the MoD and GCHQ.
So far it has worked on Islamic State but this could be expanded towards Russia.
heady stuff...more to come